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Old 02 December 2007, 08:00 PM
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current set up is trust headers & up-pipe, hks fmic, hks induction kit, simtek ecu, 440s, td05 20g, parallel fuel lines, do i need bigger injectors also thinking of anti lag will this destroy my turbo? also is it worth adding methanol thinking of doing a few quter mile runs
Old 02 December 2007, 08:40 PM
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You need to speak to your mapper and ask him what your injector's are running at only then will you know if they need replacing for bigger ones. You only need to run methanol/water inj if you are having problems with det, and it will need mapping to run with it.
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440 injectors should be good for 360bhp
Old 02 December 2007, 09:27 PM
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am running 550 with a fpr with my 20g
Old 02 December 2007, 09:32 PM
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I am at the limit of my 440's on a 16g,so would deff thing 550's at least needed on a 20g

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Old 02 December 2007, 11:13 PM
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yeah 550s would be ideal

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Old 03 December 2007, 12:25 PM
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In round terms, on O/E fuel pressure, 440s max out around 335 bhp and 550 around 385 bhp. Lifting the fuel pressure will give you some more on top but you should be aiming to run your injectors around 85% efficiency or there abouts.

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Old 03 December 2007, 05:06 PM
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looks like i need some 550's where is a cheap place to get them from
Old 03 December 2007, 05:10 PM
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flat4online but delivery may take a while
Old 03 December 2007, 06:26 PM
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been looking on nengun they do a set of sard 540cc or 620cc for £182 delivered are the sard a decent make
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not wonderful.. you really want nismo or power engineering, or Apexi just to name three..

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Old 04 December 2007, 12:38 AM
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dont want to hyjack thread but ya always hear of peeps getting em machined out .

i could probly get this done at where i work .what dangers do ya see from this jgm ??


and also hear ya can over run normal injectors to a degree ?? is this true
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they can depending on injector have the caps removed / cut off or even drilled out and new insides put in... I have only tuned on two types.. Venom which were remanufactured to larger size and Lateral Performance ones.. Venoms were absolute tosh.. not balanced and witness them in a flow / spray pattern test rig and they were terrible.. the Lateral Performance ones (550s flowed to 800s for example) are very very good and flow matched perfectly.. however as we are talking about 550cc sizes there is no need, the 550cc nismo, Apexi, PE etc are very good.

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A TD05-20G can max 550's so would suggest going larger to retain some headroom.
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Originally Posted by Mocom Racing
A TD05-20G can max 550's so would suggest going larger to retain some headroom.
true but nice stopping point on standard internals!
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its got a sti 8 bottom end in it thats been rebuilt with acl race nearings, new rings etc, if it makes much difference
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standard subaru then... just a nice standard
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